Wine – AIRC210

If you’re feeling thirsty and want to relax and unwind, why not join us to learn all about wine.

Voice message from Pilar from France about beer.

Vocabulary

wine and whine – complain (quejarse)
11.5%–13.5% ABV (alcohol by volume)
Vine – plant where the wine grows
Vineyard – NB. pronunciation! – place/field where wine grows
corkscrew – sacacorchos
let the wine breathe
house red/white/rosé
dry/sweet
Full-bodied – con cuerpo, medium-bodied, light
bouquet
The wine’s turned / it’s corked
to sip / take a sip (verb and noun) – sorbo/beber a sorbos
By the glass/bottle
To decant – to pour the wine into a decanter to let it breathe
Wine-tasting – trying wine in an organised way (cata)
NB. a wine glass = a glass designed for wine; a glass of wine = a glass with wine in it
Notes of____
Aftertaste
Aged (in wood, eg. oak)
Vintage – year of production
Estate bottled -put into the bottle in the same estate where it’s grown, not anonymously mixed up in a big bottling plant

*(There are hundreds and hundreds of local grape varieties too, of course, but they aren’t well-known internationally. For example, Reza really enjoys the Valencian Bobal grape, which makes some good red and rosé wines, as well as Albariño, Godello and Loureira grapes from Galicia, which make excellent whites.)

Discussion
Why wine and cheese?
Why red wine with meat and white with fish?
Does wine play a big role in your social life?
Is (some) wine overpriced? If so, why?
Are the tasting notes on wine labels of much practical use?

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